Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (ТВ) (1950)

Сюжет кино: This is not a great film. In fact, it's a bit cheesy. Yet, I must admit, I enjoyed watching it quite a bit. I think most of it is because it is fun and the film is without pretense--it doesn't try to be sophisticated entertainment. As I say in the summary, it's a bit of a guilty pleasure.
The film has a somewhat interesting pedigree. It's one of the later productions of the Hal Roach Studio--the same people who had made Laurel & Hardy and Our Gang familiar names. By 1940, they had switched from shorts to B-movies of about an hour in length--as well as some TV in the early years of the medium. The director was Richard L. Bare--the same guy who later would direct "Green Acres".
The reason this film works is the excellent work by Clem Bevans in the lead. While he's far from a household name, he was great at playing old coots--and here he is in his forte. It seems that back east, an old sourpuss (Cecil Kellaway) is making life hard for his niece, as Kellaway feels his family is too good to allow his son to marry this girl. So, Clem packs his bags and heads east to deliver some common-sense and homespun logic to solve the problem. From the start, Bevans tries his darnedest to annoy Kellaway. Sure, Kellaway is rich and from an old established New England family--but he is no match for the even richer and very folksy Bevans. It's all very funny--though admittedly also not particularly sophisticated fare. If you like "Green Acres" or "The Beverly Hillbillies", then you'll probably like this film. It's fun.